Re: Poindexter
& Felix

: : : : Would like to know if anyone can
explain to me,,the definition or meaning of "point dexter",, don't know exactly,if
this the correct way to write it,,thanking you in advance,,,please email me,,Maria

:
: : I knew I'd heard this word somewhere before. Regular posters to this board
will remember a long-suffering translater who was trying to translate the script
of the movie "Bring It On" into Croatian or something. This is a truly appalling
film about competitive cheerleading starring the scarily chipper Kirsten Dunst
that my 8 year old daughter made me rent and watch with her. All of which is almost
entirely off the point, except that my 8 year old memorised the entire lyrics
to one of the songs used in the film, which I reproduce below:-

: : : I saw you walking
down the street just the other day
: : : I didn't see your damage from that
far away
: : : I should have got a clue when the kids started screaming
:
: : You walked up to me with your buck teeth a-gleaming
: : : You hair was
all frizzy and your face was a mess
: : : I thought it was a sack but it's
your favourite dress
: : : You hurt the trees feelings and the birds all flew
:
: : I don't mean to insult you - Oh yes I do!

: : : Your teeth are yellow they're
covered in mould
: : : You're only fourteen you look a hundred years old
:
: : When looks were handed out you were last in line
: : : You face looks like
where the sun don't shine
: : : Did you fall off a building and land on your
head
: : : Or did a truck run over your face instead
: : : There ain't no
pill cos you ain't ill
: : : You ugly!

: : : What you really need is to wear a mask
:
: : And book that plastic surgeon fast, girl
: : : You're scary you're hairy
I heard about you
: : : You're the main attraction at the city zoo
: : :
You're so ugly with a belly full of flab
: : : When you wear a yellow coat
people shout out cab! (So funny)
: : : You got eyes like a pig and your nose
is big
: : : And with hair like that you should be wearing a wig
: : : Uncle
Fester remember him
: : : I never knew that you had a twin
: : : You can't
disguise your googly eyes
: : : In the Miss Ugly pageant you win first prize
:
: : Your mama says you ugly, you ugly

: : : U.G.L.Y. you could make an onion cry
: :
: U.G.L.Y. like an alien chased by the F.B.I

: : : U.G.L.Y. You ain't got no
alibi.
: : : You UGLY!

: : : Whoever said poetry was dead? Anyway, among
the list of insulting terms is Poindexter, which I *think* is U.S. slang meaning
geek or nerd. I have no idea why, nor do I know how it came about. I'm sure someone
from the land of the brave and the home of the free will be able to confirm details
and supply more information.

:
: John Poindexter, along with Oliver North and many others, went behind President
Reagan's back and sold weapons to the Iranians (illegally), then took the money
they made and funneled it to the brutal "Contra" army that they built in Central
America.

: : A retired Navy Admiral, John Poindexter lost his job as National
Security Adviser under Ronald Reagan, and was convicted of conspiracy, lying to
Congress, defrauding the government, and destroying evidence in the Iran Contra
scandal.

: : The convictions were overturned in 1990, based on the fact that
Congress had given him immunity in exchange for his testimony, even though the
testimony he gave Congress turned out to not be true.

: : On February 13, 2002,
Americans were warned that our nation was facing the threat of danger to homeland
security. Three hours later it happened, but nobody told America. That day, John
M. Poindexter was appointed Director of the Pentagon's Information Awareness Office.

:
From the archives (thanks to masakim):

: poindexter n. [1980s] (US teen) an
intellectual, bookush person. [play on POINTED-HEAD]
: pointed-/pointy-head/pointhead
n. [1960s+] (US) 1 a fool. 2 an intellectual. [both terms are derog. and suggest
that an excess or an absence of brain lead to a 'pointed' head]
: From _Cassell's Dictionary of Slang_ by Jonathon Green